Common Core Standards in Diverse Classrooms: Essential Practices for Developing Academic Language and Disciplinary Literacy

by Jeff Zwiers, Robert Pritchard, Susan O'Hara

Book Overview

The Common Core State Standards require students to do more with knowledge and language than ever before. Rather than be mere consumers of knowledge, students must now become creators, critics, and communicators of ideas across disciplines. Yet in order to take on these new and exciting roles, many students need daily teaching with an extra emphasis on accelerating their academic communication skills. Common Core Standards in Diverse Classrooms: Essential...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571109978
• ISBN13: 9781571109972
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.2"